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[Patty isn't a stranger to waking up in peculiar places. In fact, she's awoken in places far stranger than this. The first thing she noticed was the nostalgic, salty smell of the sea. Then, the crash of waves that were rocking her little 'boat' back and forth. It was really quite calming. However, all dreams must come to an end and it wasn't long before she regained consciousness entirely to realize that she was in a bit of a pickle.

She was in a washtub. In the middle of an ocean. Wearing a plain white dress. ... Well, it could always be worse. Not quite noticing the book beside her just yet, she begins to speak.]

Oooh, my head... I know that when it's time to abandon ship and you're out of lifeboats, you should float along in a powder keg, but I've never heard of washtub boats before.

Ah, looks like I'm caught up the creek without a paddle. [Silence, then a little crackle in the microphone.] ...This book will do, ya know!

[What follows is a very loud splash, as Patty dunks the journal into the water to try and paddle her way to shore. This... may take a while.]

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Nope. At the moment it's just you, me and a certain someone ya really don't wanna know about.

You know saying something like that is only going to make me more curious.~

Alexei is here.

[Straight to the point, no messing around.]

[Oh, she really didn't want to know about this. She can't say she wasn't warned, though.]

Alexei? But he's... [... Dead?]

Remember what I just said about magical time difference thing? Yeah, it can pull out dead people too.

That's... [An incredibly eerie concept, really. Her first thought goes to Cypher, but she hastily brushes it off again. She can't think like that.]

He hasn't been giving you any trouble, has he?

Nope! He's been a good boy, might even earn himself a gold star if he keeps it up. He has been here fer quite a while though.

[Alexei? A good boy? That's gotta be some kind of ruse.]

Not a lotta people here to walk all over, I suppose. And nothing to gain from it, if we're all stuck in the same net.

That's the basic gist of the situation, yeah. Doesn't mean that the experiments won't find some way to change that though.

Experiments...? [...]

Gimme a few minutes to read through this guide, old man. I get the feeling there's a lot that's still going over my head, ya know.

Gotcha! Let me know when yer done readin', I'll try answer any other questions ya might have.

Aye aye!

[Except there'll be radio silence of almost two hours, as the guide is so overwhelming she'd rather just process it herself. While it's all still sinking in, she makes her way to shor, has a few encounters with residents and eventually proceeds through the teleporter. That's when she gets back to Raven at long last.]

Hey old maaan?~

[It takes him a few minutes to reply back, he was having a nice quiet drink on the living room couch and kind of left his journal in the kitchen. He doesn't even notice until he goes to get another bottle of wine.]

Huh? Oh right! I forgot you were here. Uh... what's up?

[Wow old man, rude. But she'll just let that comment bounce right off, because she knows he didn't mean it badly.]

I'm at the village! Can I get a heads up on your bearings?

[I'm just an old man at the end of the day. Besides, you did vanish for two hours.]

Where about in the village are ya? Any landmarks?

[Hey now, Patty was fending for herself because the old man couldn't be bothered to come pick her up at the beach. She ran into Alexei without any weapons on her, for crying out loud.]

I just came through this teleporter, like you told me to! If you take too long, I'm going to the stores without you. A hat isn't a hat until it has a head to rest on, and right now mine is lying around on a shelf somewhere, ya know.

[NOT MY PROBLEM.]

Do ya want me ta meet you at the fountain then? It isn't hard ta miss, bein' in the village center and all.

Sounds good! Try not to break your hip hurrying over here, old man!

How old do ya think I am?!

[Either way, he'll be heading towards the town center to wait at the fountain. He figures he's not exactly difficult to spot.]

Older than dust. [Hypocrisyyy!]

[Either way, Patty will arrive at the fountain soon enough. She hasn't stopped by the store yet, so she's still wearing her New Feather dress and clutching her journal.]

[Yeah well, when you wipe dust away it comes back new. This dust is only 10 years young! Anyway, when he finally spots her he shouts and gives a friendly wave.]

Hey! Lil' Patty! Over here! Nice ta see ya made it here in one piece.

[She skips on over to Raven as if she doesn't have a care in the world. There are a few cares, of course, and she's aware that by now Raven can probably see right through her cheerful nonchalance. Can't blame a girl for trying to look on the bright side of things, though!]

Nice to see you too, old man! Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?

Huh, a sight fer sore eyes? Young lady, you just haven't learned to appreciate the beauty of older men.

[Fortunately, he can. He's good at reading expressions, even the fake ones.] Let's go find this hat of yours then, and hopefully the rest of yer clothes too.

And we can stop by the smithy too, right? Can't say I feel entirely like myself without my weapons, either.

[Next time she runs into Alexei, she wants the pleasure of directing her pistol at his nose.]

That's not a bad idea, sooner ya pick them up the better. I can't exactly say that this place is all that safe either. [Though he doesn't have his bow with him, at least he has a knife for stabbing.]

Alright! Follow me then! Clothes first, yeah? [Saying that he begins to move towards the clothes shop, he's not that lazy after all.]

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